Health care ruling could tip races

Buerkle has stood by her comments and said the local paper “chooses not to cover a lot of the things I do. I don’t know what the reason is for that. But we’re doing an awful lot of good things” she responded. “I understand not everyone is with me. … When I ran, I was extremely honest with people about what I stood for. … But it’s easy to just paint me [as far-right], because that’s how I’m portrayed.”

Maffei says he believes most moderate voters in the district see his opponent as too far to the right and he argues her conservative voting record doesn’t line up with the needs of the area. The House is preparing to vote again on repeal of the health care law this week, although it’s dead on arrival in the Senate, and Maffei says the show vote isn’t what the district wants.

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“We need to keep it so people under age 26 can go on their parents’ health care, we need to keep it so there’s no lifetime limits, and pre-existing conditions are covered,” he said. “All of those things are extremely popular, so to say you want to throw out those things and start over, it’s an easy soundbite but I don’t think it resonates as much here.”

He says people are lining up to volunteer for his campaign and there’s a high level of excitement around his candidacy this time around.

“I have to give the current congresswoman a lot of credit for that. Cleary some of the energy is from [people] having seen her representation,” he said.

Republicans haven’t offered a comprehensive plan to replace the law, but Buerkle says the popular pieces could be kept “easily with a few standalone bills.” Additionally, she argued, New York’s Medicaid programs are generous and the state already prohibits insurance companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions. That means state residents will have access to insurance and care if the law is repealed, she says.

“So in the end, all this law does is hurt the middle class, small businesses, and increases the debt,” she said.

And Buerkle doesn’t think voters will tire of the health care debate, which is why she’s ready to make it the centerpiece of her campaign again.

“Health care is the most personal issue — it’s the issue that affects everyone,” she said. “It’s a debate we need to have again in this country, it’s too important. … I think what people are going to have to decide in both the presidential race and in my race is the vision for what we want this country to look like.”

Exactly how would you like to improve on a partisan ( deemed ) passed 2700 page HC industry and 1/6 economy government hostile takeover?

Another 21 taxes that have nothing to do with Health Care, would that be considered an " Improvement " to you?

TORT Reform, Interstate Insurance. Lets take it a little slower, methodical and BI-partisan this time. There will be plenty of opportunities for Progressives to " Improve " on that over the years to come.

Yes, Obamacare is a disaster. So is the Brown-Obama California high speed rail project. Both schemes put great stress on public budgets; neither the federal government nor the state government of California (already with the lowest credit rating of all U.S. states) can afford this latest giant white elephant project, which will never be profitable, and will require public financial bailouts forever. Voters have a chance to end President Obama's government spending malfeasance this November. Romney is likely to be a much more responsible steward of the public's resources, and merits replacing Obama in the top job for 2013-2017. Obama, with his fiscally reckless crony socialist mentality, is not going to change.

State of Mass. has gone 8.5 billion dollarsover its allotment of Medicaid. If seven Justices did not decide similar coercive appropriations for the other 49 states were unrealistic and unconstitutional ; How many trillion dollars would that have been ?Obamacare would have bankrupted the country. So the heart of Obamacare coverage for all is gone. Repeal Reagan's socialized medicine experiment -EMTALA and let the uninsured be denied emergency room care. Then let Congress figure out a fair solution. That is what the supreme Court ordered isn't it?

Maybe we can hand out broccoli for anyone needing emergency room care.

If you work for a company that pays a portion of your Health Insurance, you might have a "Cadilac Plan". Therefore, you are going to be taxed on your portion of the insurance and your employer's portion will become part of your income.

Welcome to the new United Slaved States of America where you now have to work to subsidize those who don't.

Obamacare will have play in November. The Democretins who slavishly support O-Care are totally ignorant of the effects on the American economy. Businesses without a clearly defined need for additional employees will wait until after the November election to decide. The ripple effect on the economy as different stages of O-care are implemented will make the beast more expensive than most can imagine. And, anyone who thinks 16,000 new IRS agents is a good thing needs to seek psychiatric help.

Obama said Obamacare is not an individual mandate while it was argued and finally voted in both houses. He sent his lawyers to SCOTUS AND argues mandate is a TAX. SCOTUS upheld individual mandate IS a TAX. This is just one of the taxes under ObamaCareTax, there are other 21 new taxes, plus expiration of Bush tax cut in January 2012; another TAX INCREASE! This is hitting the middle class real hard.

My question to Mitt Romney, as a resident of Massachusetts, why, as governor, did you inflict on the people of Massachusetts a huge tax and policy you say is horrible and must be undone?

Like Obamacare? Danglebury your making our argument for us.

Romneycare ( a ~ liberal dominated ~ state level statute ) is not and was not ever intended to be a Federal model.

If anything it should be viewed as a smaller example that obviously doesnt work as prescribed. But this Administration cares nothing about proven examples or suggested as they dont fit the Socialist Narrative Agenda they're seeking.